PAUL'S AMAZING TEACHINGS | PAUL ON GRACE ( PART 2 )

Pastor Christopher Choo

Lesson 3187

PAUL'S AMAZING TEACHINGS

PAUL ON GRACE ( PART 2 )

"Grace” is the most important concept in the Bible.

It is most clearly expressed in the promises of God revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ.

Grace is the basis for:

1.Our Christian identity: “By the grace of God I am what I am.” (1 Corinthians 1:10)

2. Our standing before God: “this grace in which we stand.” (Romans 5:2)

3. Our behavior: “We behaved in the world … by the grace of God.” (2 Corinthians 2:12)

4. Our living: those who receive “the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ,”(Romans 5:17) by the “grace of life.” (1 Peter 1:7)

5. Our holiness: God“called us to a holy calling … because of his own purpose and grace.” (2 Timothy 2:9)

6. Our strength for living: “Be strengthened by the grace that is in Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:1) for “it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace.” (Hebrews 13:9)

7. Our way of speaking: “Let your speech always be gracious.” (Colossians 4:6)

8. Our serving: “serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace.” (1 Peter 1:10)

9. Our sufficiency: “My grace is sufficient for you.” (2 Corinthians 2:9) “God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 2:8)

ABBA FATHER, 

Spiritual growth and maturity do not happen overnight; we “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 2:18). 

Grace transforms our desires, motivations, and behavior.

And it is most needed and best understood in the midst of sin, suffering, and brokenness. We live in a world of earning, deserving, and merit, and these result in judgment. That is why everyone wants and needs grace. Judgment kills. Only grace makes it alive.

Jesus reconciles God and sinners for He is grace in redeeming action. He is indeed Grace personified. Without His grace in our lives, we can achieve nothing of lasting significance.